Tracy Morton v. Vanderbilt University

OPINION

McKEAGUE, Circuit Judge.

This is an unusual case that involves the defendant’s handling of the termination of employees who are not before the court and who have not protested their treatment. The plaintiffs are a group of 194 employees who were terminated by Vanderbilt University on July 1, 2013. Their complaint, however, is only viable if Vanderbilt’s treatment of 279 other employees was an immediate termination.

The plaintiffs have sued Vanderbilt University, claiming that their termination was in violation of the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN Act), 29 U.S.C.…